I'll Be There by Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, Stephanie Jeannot & Fred Simmons

Please check out original tune 

by

Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Stephanie Jeannot 

&

composer and pianist Fred Simmons 

entitled 

"I'll Be There." 

Video features a live clip of the tune as

performed at Cafe Oasis in Baldwin, NY

featuring

Joe Fry on guitar

Thomas Gooding on bass

Stephanie Jeannot on vocals

Richie Johnson on drums

Jazz E Matt on background vocals

Fred Simmons on keys and background vocals

If you enjoyed the song, I wanted to let you know that the full length tune is available for download on CDbaby 

Thank you so much for checking out my blogpost
and
for supporting indie artists and singer/songwriters, like me.

It means more than a warm piece of pecan pie at Thanksgiving dinner, and I love pecan pie.

I love you with my whole heart.

Peace and blessings to you! <3 

New Poetry Book by Stephanie Jeannot Coming Soon

What wonderful weather 
we had this past weekend. Seemed so poetic, how the warmer temperatures seemed to be so encouraging. So harmonious was it. I think I enjoyed every single moment of it.

Another day, another week, another hour! Blessings of grace from my creator. And I'm bursting with honey and melanin. I'm thirsting for you to share my intent of putting out my second poetry book.Perhaps you might take a look at my promo video for the forthcoming 

"AND THEN THERE WAS THE MUSIC; 

THE POETRY COLLECTION"

BY STEPHANIE JEANNOT

COMING THIS FEBRUARY 2018

Check out her author page on Amazon here https://www.amazon.com/Stephanie-Jeannot/e/B076N7XYC6

Please check out the full length video to the song, 

"Harmony"

 by 

Stephanie Jeannot & Paul Garrod 

on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/Et2DjrOKJAo

Alright Beautiful People of this world. 
Thank you for stopping by my blog! 
Please leave a comment and tell me what you thought. 

And if you watched my video, let me know. It's always good to hear that I might have influenced an interest in what I'm doing. 

God bless you all! And thanks again.

Peace! 

My Dad Two Thumbs Upped MY Song

I am a singer and songwriter who loves in Brooklyn, NY. I have been writing songs for a very long time. My writing journey started with poetry and since then, I have found myself dabbling in other genres of writing and songwriting seems to have become one of those things I fully immerse myself into the most.

My father surprised me the other day by telling me that he had been enjoying watching my YouTube Channel and that my original song that I penned, "Wherever You Are" is superb.

http://www.youtube.com/sj1and0

"Wherever You Are" is track number 5 off of my first ever musical release entitled Finally JNote. All lyrics, music, and vocals on the original tune are by Stephanie Jeannot and can be found on CDbaby if you are interested! 

It was so unexpected to hear such a warm compliment that just inspired me in so many ways; especially coming from my dad. What a blessing to have heard it! It is weird but compliments coming from my parents when my music or anything that comes out of my spirit is concerned, still makes me feel like that was the one word of confidence I was waiting to hear to know that I am doing alright! 

As I think about that, I wonder about my younger cousin who a few days after Christmas committed suicide and left us in mourning. Maybe all he needed was a good word of confidence to feel like he was okay. But, one never knows and yet, it is still hard to comprehend what he might have been going through. Wherever you Are cuz, I hope that you have found peace with yourself.

I did not expect people to enjoy "Wherever You Are" as much. This is the first song I have ever performed internationally and wherever I was singing it, I noticed people were singing along and it is always a pleasure to see people reacting to these lyrics. If you are interested in knowing the lyrics, you can check them out here: http://www.songlyrics.com/stephanie-jeannot/wherever-you-are-lyrics/#disqus_thread

I recently had the opportunity to perform this song with my band, The JNote Band, and as usual when performing with them, it was bursting with energy, great sound and a whole lot of fun. 

On bass was my twin brother, Mark Payne; I call him twin because we celebrate our birthdays on the same day. And on drums was Richie Johnson. On keys was Prrrl. On vocals we had Jazz E Matt, Chynnah Doll, Nico and me singing my lyrics to the song. The live music photograph from this performance was taken by Laurence Sparks. Our performance was at Shrine World Music Venue which is located in Harlem, NY.  


I invite you to please check out out this performance. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/OCw3KDKnguU 

I would love to hear what you think! Please leave me a comment, a good word, or even a song that you think might suit my voice that you think I should try. I always appreciate the idea of enhancing my awareness and knowledge about music. It was a pleasure convening with you today. Hope that we can do it again soon. God bless and thank you for stopping by my blog! 

Musicals Color Me Home

I have loved the movie Polly since I was but a little girl.

The made for TV movie Polly was a 1989 adaptation of the book Pollyanna by Eleanor H Porter featuring Keisha Knight Pulliam portraying a young girl who just lost her mother and was left having to find her way from Detroit to her aunt “Polly’s” home (portrayed by Phylicia Rashad) in Alabama.

I guess it is for a few reasons that loved the movie so much that I had been searching on-line for it for a long time and found it on Amazon. But, I have not watched it in a while. For one, I was and still am a big fan of The Cosby Show and find myself watching the series on Amazon Prime a lot. I am on Season seven now but not from binge watching. There are days I go with no TV at all. But when I do turn my television on, that is usually the thing I watch when I am lying in bed and resting before my night’s slumber.

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The other reason is I love musicals. Musicals color me home. The joy of the music and the dancing always seems to make me smile. I can't help but smile watching The Sound of Music or Stormy Weather. Those are my top two favorite movies of all time. 

The songs by Walt Disney Records in Polly are just beautiful. My favorite ones featured are "Rainbow Maker" and "Sweet Little Angel Eyes." And then the dance routines are so entertaining. 

The third reason might possibly be that when I was younger, people used to tell me I looked like Keisha Knight Pulliam (the lead in the movie Polly) and so, people used to call me Rudy in the first couple of my grade school years. I think in the eight-year span of grade school, The Cosby Show was the show that I never wanted to miss on Thursday nights at 8 PM and with it lasting eight years, it lasted my whole span of my primary school days.

Today is the first time I watched it in a long time and today is also the first time that this film made me cry. Now, there is nothing sad in the movie at all. It is just a cute musical film with dancing, singing and positive vibes yet, I found myself in tears while in movie mode.

Does this happen to anyone else or am I the only one who watched a movie and tears just start flowing for the happy endings? LOL! This is such a touching film and if you never have watched it, maybe you should because it is a great movie. You can check it out here:  https://www.amazon.com

 

  Polly : The Wonderful World of Disney

What is your favorite movie and if any? Do you ever cry while watching films? And if so, which one do you need a box of tissues to be next to you while watching? 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 EVERYBODY! 

Hope that this year is filled with much joy and many, many blessings.
And maybe this could be the year that we connect on a higher level;
perhaps in a collabo of some sort.


That would be nice! 

Wow! A new set of 265 days?
What are your plans for this brand new year? Any resolutions?
Whatever it is, I hope one of those many things on your to-do-list will include
checking out my Youtube Channel.

You can check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/sj1and0